IND vs AUS: One aspect of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy that has been a cause of concern for the Australian team is the performance of their tailenders with the bat. Australia has struggled to find a reliable lower-order batsman who can score crucial runs when needed. In light of this concern, Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon recently joked that he might ask Indian spinners Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin for some batting lessons, given their impressive performances with the bat in the series so far. Follow India vs Australia LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
- Australia’s tailenders’ performance with the bat has been a cause of concern in BGT.
- Nathan Lyon said he might ask Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin for batting lessons.
- Tailenders in the Australian team have an average of just 4.94 runs (per batter, per innings) in BGT.
IND vs AUS: ’Might ask Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin for batting lessons’, says Aussie great Nathan Lyon ahead of CRUNCH Ahmedabad Test, Follow India vs Australia LIVE
The statistics from the Border Gavaskar Trophy reflect Australia’s tailender’s struggle with the bat. Tailenders in the Australian team have an average of just 4.94 runs per batter, per innings in this series. This is a worrying statistic for the Australian team, as it highlights the lack of depth in their batting lineup.
Nathan Lyon, speaking on an Unplayable Podcast episode to be released this week, joked that he might ask Axar and Ashwin for batting lessons. “It’s not like we’re not training hard,” Lyon told cricket.com.au. “We’re batting for long periods of time – I was in the nets for probably the longest I’ve batted in my career a couple of days before this last Test.”
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Pat Cummins is the only Australian bowler to have scored more than 10 in an inning with his 33 during the second Test in Delhi. India on the other hand has batted much deeper. Axar Patel, who has batted as low as nine, is averaging 92.50 and has scored more runs in this series (185) than any Australian top-order player.
Ravindra Jadeja, in addition to being the series’ leading wicket-taker, has added 107 runs at 26.75, Ravichandran Ashwin has made 79 runs at 19.75 while even Mohammad Shami (who belted 37 off 47 balls in Nagpur) and Umesh Yadav (17 off 13 in Indore) have slogged important late runs in low-scoring Tests.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023
- February 9-13: India won by an inning and 132 runs
- February 17-21: India won by six wickets
- March 1-5: Australia won by nine wickets
- March 9-13: Fourth Test, Ahmedabad, 9:30 AM
Australia squad: Pat Cummins, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson
India squad: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
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